/**
 * Copyright 2009 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the GPL License, Version 3.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package com.guardianapis.api.util;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

import com.guardianapis.api.client.GuardianConstants;

public class DateFormatter {

	/*******************************************************************************
	 * Constants
	 *******************************************************************************/

	private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DateFormatter.class);

	/*******************************************************************************
	 * Static Properties
	 *******************************************************************************/

	private static SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(GuardianConstants.URL_DATE_FORMAT);
		
	/*******************************************************************************
	 * Static Public Methods
	 *******************************************************************************/

	public static String formatDate(Date pSourceDate) {
		String formattedDate = formatter.format(pSourceDate);
		
		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
			log.debug("The formatted date for source date: " + pSourceDate.toString() + " is: " + formattedDate);
		}
		
		return formattedDate;
	}
}
